Sandvox Website Profile: “ChrisBeachamPaints -- My Journey into Art”

My website describes my personal journey into art. It presents my art and photography including acrylics, collages, oil pastels, and mixed media expression as well as the work of my partner Karen Stone. I also focus on the art world with a particularly emphasis on the art community of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. My goals are to present my work but also to explain how art changed my life.

I want to reach out to budding artists particularly those that took circuitous and unexpected paths. I also want people to see and understand my journey and how art has changed me and how my art has changed. Lastly I am interested in the art world in the Carrboro and Chapel Hill areas of North Carolina where I live.

I hope my site is of interest and inspiration to aspiring artists particularly those who start their art careers in midlife.

My site has helped me to reconnect with people I grew up with, people I haven't seen in decades. I have found that they have had similar journeys, struggles and joys.

I chose the Night Breeze design because I liked the dramatic look but also because it works with the modifications I wanted such as my logo that replaced the default graphic.

I built a custom header for the Night Breeze design that integrated part of one of my paintings. I used the open source Gimp, an alternative to PhotoShop.